MOONSHINE IN THE MORNING

Book ID/图书代码： 00410310B41618

English Summary/英文概要： As sharp and delicious as a Thai red curry, the beautifully-crafted interlinking tales of "Moonshine in the Morning" present an unforgettable cast of strong-minded women and their wayward husbands clinging to village life in Thailand before the relentless advance of modernity. How can Mother Nong and Mother Pensri save their menfolk from terrifying visions of ’widow ghosts’, when Uncle Lai’s moonshine stall does such brisk business? What possessed Mother Suree to cut off her husband’s proudest appendage and attach it to a high-flying balloon during the festival of Loy Krathong? And is the sacred banyan tree dying because the men are taking bets on its size, or because the women are lighting too many oil lamps under its ancient boughs? Achieving both charm and authenticity, debut novelist Andrea McNicoll subtly builds up her characters and themes to create a world so distant in its geography, and yet so familiar in its intimate human drama, as to be utterly irresistible.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 文章如泰国红咖喱一般辛辣美味，呈现了一群坚强的泰国男女如何在文明过度超前发展之前愿意留在乡村。两位修女是如何开导她们的男人的？是什么让修女苏瑞（Suree）彻底摆脱丈夫的束缚，尽情享受此刻的快乐？是因为男人们拿神树的大小作赌注才使得古树奄奄一息的么？还是女人们点了太多的灯火？本书既是原创，又非常有魅力，作为处女作而言，作者的细腻温情感染了许多人。(XJJ)

Awards/获奖情况：WINNER IN THE FIRST BOOK CATEGORY AT THE SCOTTISH MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST BOOK AWARDS.

’Moonshine in the Morning paints an evocative portrait of life in north-west Thailand, complete with lush jungle scenery, exotic flora and aromatic foods.’ Financial Times

’This beautifully crafted first novel is a cry of anger and pity as well as of celebration...McNicoll weaves her sad, savage and comic stories into a tapestry which records the richness of a people and their landscape. This is at once a book of incisive satire and sympathetic poetry, with its encompassing symbol of the dying Holy Banyan Tree at the heart of the community.’ Professor Douglas Gifford, Emeritus Professor of Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow, at The Saltire Society Literary Awards

’Reading a book is a kind of journey: a cut-price holiday in credit-crunch times, a break from the grey familiarity of everyday life. I hope that when readers pick up my novel they will experience that sense of escape through the book’s unfamiliar setting.’ Andrea McNicoll

About the Author/作者介绍： 安吉•麦克尼克尔（Andrea McNicoll），毕业于格拉斯哥大学创作系，会说很流利的泰语，曾在泰国工作了12年，目前在格拉斯哥从事精神健康领域。这是她的第一部小说。

Andrea McNicoll is a fluent Thai speaker who lived and worked in Thailand for twelve years. A graduate of Glasgow University’s prestigious Creative Writing MPhil programme, she works in Glasgow in the field of mental health. Moonshine in the Morning is her first book.

Format:电子手稿

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